Originally Posted by Arthur Little
... oo-er ... clearly I was mistaken in referring to the recently-elected pontiff as Francis *I.
Evidently, since NO Pope in past history has assumed the name Francis (after St Francis of Assissi) the present incumbent of the Papacy can only be [later] styled *THUS in the event of a future successor adopting the same [Christian] name - with the title of Francis II -
- if you see what I mean.
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